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The motherboard is a crucial component of a personal computer, serving as the main board that connects various hardware like the processor, RAM, and storage devices. It features multiple I/O ports for peripherals, power connectors, and slots for expansion cards, facilitating communication between components. Additionally, it houses the BIOS settings and manages memory and input/output operations through its integrated circuits.

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VIEW-IT-WORKSHOP LAB (2)

The motherboard is a crucial component of a personal computer, serving as the main board that connects various hardware like the processor, RAM, and storage devices. It features multiple I/O ports for peripherals, power connectors, and slots for expansion cards, facilitating communication between components. Additionally, it houses the BIOS settings and manages memory and input/output operations through its integrated circuits.

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PARTS AND FUNCTIONS OF MOTHERBOARD

The computer Motherboard is one of the most important part of the Personal computer
(PC).It is a hardware of the computer installed inside the system unit(CPU).This Motherboard
act as the main board or the central or core assembly of the computer system unit. In other words
inside of the CPU case there are a lot of other hardware's connected to the Motherboard,
namely: Hard Disk Drive(HDD), CD/DVD ROM, USB Cardreader, FDD Drive, processor,

RAM, LAN card, Wireless LAN Card, USB expansion board, VGA Card and the Power
Supply Unit(PSU).These are all types of hardware's inside the system unit of the Personal
Computer.
Functions:

1. I/O ports- this is located in the rear panel of the CPU. This use to connect the outside
hardware or peripherals of the computer.

 PS/2 ports- these are used to connect the mouse(green color)and the keyboard(purple
color)
 DB 25 female connector(printer port)-this is use to connect the impact printer, one of
that the DOT MATRIX printer, ex. the Epson LX 300 +
 DB 9 male connector (Serial or com1 port)-this use to connect a serial device of the
computer, such as the serial mouse and external modem.
 VGA port(built-in)- this is use to interface the DB cord of the monitor screen or to
connect the monitor screen of the computer. The fastest video card versions are based on
the standard of the VGA slots, ex: the AGP and PCIe card.
 USB 2.0 × 2 ports- these are the ports of the USB devices of the computer. Attached
externally of the system unit, one of that is the USB flash drive. As of now the versionsor
speed of the USB are the 1.0 and 2.0 compatible.
 LANport-thiscalledas LocalAreaNetworkofthecomputer. Thisisusetoconnectthe numbers
of node or workstations (PC) to form a local area network of the computer with in their
area. Using the type of communication media such as the network switch and router.
 Audio Port- this is use to connect the speaker, mic, and MIDI(Musical InstrumentDigital
Interface) device of the computer

2. ATX Power connector (4 pin)- this is use to connect the 4 pin of the power supply unit
(PSU) .This is separate of the 20 or 24 pin of ATX power supply to provide DC voltage of
computer processor.

3. Processor’s ZIF Socket- part of MOBO use to hold the processor or CPU chip (Zero
Insertion Force).The compatibilityof the socket depend of the computer processor type.

4. Memory slot (DIMM)- this is called as Dual Inline Memory Module, this is the slot of
computer memory or what we called RAM

5. ATX Power connector (24 or 28 pin. Its provide a DC power output to the system
board(SB)from the output of the Power Supply Unit.

6. CMOS/BIOS BATTERY- In this part, the CMOS/BIOS battery is hold, So that it can
provide 3 volts direct current/voltage to the CMOS IC. To preserve the BIOS settings of the
computer. Such as the time module, hardware information and settings/parameter, etc.

 CMOS-ComplimentaryMetalOxide Semiconductor
 BIOS-BasicInput/OutputSystem.Is a set of a program stored in CMOSIC,use to preserved
the BIOS configuration of the computer

7. IDE connector (Integrated Drive Electronics)- this connector is use to connect the IDE
cable of the HDD(Hard Disk Drive) or CD/DVD ROM to the Motherboard IDE.

8. Frontpanelconnectors (F-Panel)-thisisusetoconnectthePowerLED,HDDLED,Power Switch


and Reset switch of the computer system unit(CPU).
9. SATA connector-this is Serial Advance Technology Attachment. The new standard of
theIDE connection array of the computer HDD(SATA HDD)to the motherboard system.

10. CMOS/BIOS jumper- this is use to disable the BIOS default setup. Such as to disabled the
supervisor password of the BIOS.

11. USB connector (header)- this is use to connect the USB port of the front panel USB 2.0 x 2
port.

12. FDDconnector-theconnectoroftheFDDcablethroughthesystemboard.Normallythere
are34 pinsout of itto connectthe3.5”1.44mbFloppyDisk Drive.

13. PCI slots- a part of the computer motherboard use to connect the I/O cards of the computer.
Such as LAN card, WIFI card, USB expansion card and Sound card.

14. AMR slot- this is the AUDIO Modem Riser. Being use to demodulate and modulate the
analog audio of the computer.

15. PCI express slot- a part of the computer that hold the computer video card(VGA), the PCIe
card. The latest and the most fastest card being installed and most compatible with 3d and 4g
gaming of the computer. The old video card type is the AGP or Accelerated Graphic Ports and
the standard of the PCIe.

16. North Bridge IC- is a passion name as being north of the PCI buses. The true name of the
north bridge is MCI or Memory Controller Hub. Assigned to manage and control the
computer memory before the processing of the CPU chip.

17. South Bridge IC-is a passion name as being south of the PCI buses or PCI slots. The true
name of the south bridge is I/O Controller HUB(ICH). Its is a type of microchip task to control
all the Input and output devices of the computer. Such as the keyboard and mouse. And the
monitorscreen of thecomputer,that commonly found at the rearback of the CPU or system unit.

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